Irian Jaya

Province of Irian Jaya

Province of Indonesia (1963-2003)

Location: New Guinea

Capital City: Maonkwari

Government type: Indonesian Province

Main languages: Malay

Main religions: Protestant Christianity, Catholic Christianity, Sunni Islam, Animism

Chronology

1956: Indonesia makes a formal claim on Netherlands New Guinea

1961-1962: Operation Trikora, an Indonesian-Soviet invasion of Western New Guinea

1962: Western New Guinea placed under UN administration

1962-present: Ongoing insurgency of the Free Papua Movement against Indonesian rule

1963: Plebiscite of 1,025 people chosen by the Indonesian military endorses Indonesian annexation

1963: Indonesian province

2003: Split into provinces of Papua and West Papua

Currency

Rupiah (1962-1971)

1 Rupiah = 100 Sen

Coins from Irian Jaya in the collection

•5 Sen, 1962 (aluminum, PN Artha Yasa (Jakarta), KM#9)